• Premium Italian Pasta Sauce
• Cream Based Sauces
• Meat and Fish Sauces
• Specialty and Finishing Sauces
• BBQ and Wing Sauces
• Salsas
• Soups
• Simmer Sauces
• Marinades and Dressings

At Summer Garden Food Manufacturing our team of professionals are as passionate about food as you are about achieving your objectives with your private label, store branded, co-packed or foodservice products. Whether you have a single tier or multi-level focus, it is our goal to work with our customers to create products that:

• Provide exclusive brand offerings and become destination products.
• Grow and optimize categories sales.
• Increase customer loyalty by consistently providing brand quality.

Our experienced team:

• Can streamline the process of developing your products
• Has expertise in matching recipes and reverse engineering existing formulas
• Can create your own proprietary recipes beginning with one of our many base formulas or your scratch recipe
• Can translate your recipes into shelf stable product and answer all your questions regarding ingredients and food safety
• Conducts Ph testing and shelf life testing in-house
• Can provide you with complete hot fill, cold fill and retort options and cost comparisons
• Ensures a comprehensive infrastructure is in place to expedite all paperwork, order entry processing (EDI Capabilities) and logistics coordination

In addition we can simplify the packing process by:

• Providing you with ingredient, nutritional and allergen statements
• Offering you the unique marketing advantage of being able to claim, “Produced in a LEED certified green facility”
• Providing you with all certifications for your products
• Extending you our volume discounts for ingredient, glass and label options
• Recommending preferred suppliers for label printing

Successful retailers know the valuable contribution private label and store branded products play when they operate in tandem with national brands. Private label presents strategic opportunities especially when supported with strong merchandising and ad support. Here are just a few reasons to consider expanding your private label and store branded offerings:

• With over 65% of consumers now buying private label, it provides a new and expanding customer base.
• The fastest growing segment buying store brands are households earning more than $100,000.
• Private label sales grew to over $87 billion in 2009.
• Store brands now represent over 17% of all food and beverage sales.
• Marketing research indicates that consumers switch brands not because of price but because of quality.

Whether you are exploring new manufacturing options or thinking about expanding your scope of product offerings we can help. We can assure you that when you plant your seeds in our garden you will enjoy watching your business grow!